It's a printer. It's almost as if every security story these days make it sound like the world will end. Do you put your printer on the Internet?
Yeah, I use wifi printing almost exclusively these days. Can't remember the last time I plugged a printer wire into my laptop.
Uh, you understand the fewer than 900 containers contained sorted garbage already, in the form of recyclable plastic, right?
Source? The article says that California alone shipped 864 shipping containers of plastic to Malaysia... and California was second to Georgia in the amount shipped.
It was sorted before it was put on an otherwise empty cargo ship
Source? There was no indication that this was sorted plastic, and I would find that quite unlikely, since labor costs of sorting are much lower in Malaysia than in the US.
Yes, we could recycle it here in the USA, but then the container ship would be heading back to Asia with empty containers, why not ship some recyclables to them, let them turn them into Christmas decorations or car dashboards?
They are taking the plastic because they are being paid to take it, not because they want it. According to the article:
"...only a fraction of the exports ever get recycled," said Puckett
..."The plastics that are not feasible to be recycled are often hazardous, or contain microplastics, which are commonly dumped, burned, or released into waterways."
What we need is a 2nd study, using 400 students, separated into four groups:
1. Using Google ONLY by looking at the 3rd page of results (the first two pages are now taken up with Gemini AI and targeted advertising).
2. Using ChatGPT Only.
3. Using inventory computers in a large metropolitan library
4. Using old fashioned card catalogs and books.
I wonder if we chose a significantly esoteric subject, with a 100 question exam given after a week, if any useful clustering could be detected.
Fair enough.
" could seep upward into the Alsace aquifer," implies that the aquifer is *above* the depth of the mine. So the question becomes, what is this magical mine where gravity works backwards?
And I repeat. Cars are redesigned all the time.
This is not a big deal.
Did you look at the map in the link?
Yes. It shows selected locations. It does not show "most of the world".
It shows >80% of the time for most locations around the world
Ah, not a native English speaker. When we say "24/7", it means 100% of the time, not 80%.
Quoting you:
Numerous studies have shown that if you combine solar PV with batteries you can have 24/7/365 power
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... even in the far north latitudes (where wind can easily make up the difference).
The only significant north latitude shown the map was Birmingham, which was 62%, not ">80%".
1. Prius Prime came with a redesign.
Yeah, so? Cars get redesigned. This is not anything new.
It would be surprising if cars didn't get redesigned.
Did you read the text in your link?
01...On an average day in a sunny city like Las Vegas...
02 It is possible to get 97% of the way to constant solar electricity every hour of every day of the year (24/365) in the sunniest cities.
03 The economics are great in sunny cities
It is repeating what I just said: in the optimum location.
Depends on where they're made. Yeah, if your panels are manufactured in China, it's highly likely that there was a lot of pollution generate.
No, not even in China. Silicon array technology is way down the learning curve; they know how to neutralize the waste products (hint: neutralize HF with NaOH), and the process doesn't really produce toxic waste.
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the greenies would want you to believe as they always base the calcs over the rated 20-year lifespan of a panel. And yeah, decent panels will give you 20 years of service.. But who the hell keeps panels for 20 years?
Pretty much everybody. You get a 20 to 25 year warranty on most solar arrays, and as much as a 40 year warranty on some of the top of the line arrays. Nobody throws them out after ten years; it makes no sense.
So called "green" tech like solar panels actually do produce vast quantities of incredibly toxic waste at every stage of their lifecycle that we have no viable way to deal with, unlike nuclear.
Incorrect. This is misinformation fed to you by think-tanks funded by the fossil fuel industry (and sometimes by paid nuclear-power lobbyists). The vast majority of solar arrays are single-crystal silicon, and the raw materials are sand, aluminum, and glass. None of these produce vast quantities of "incredibly toxic" waste to make or to recycle.
If you look at any of these claims that making solar arrays produces toxic waste, and drill down into what the solar array industry actually does, you'll find that all these reports on "OMG! Toxic waste!" are for processes that aren't actually used.
Numerous studies have shown that if you combine solar PV with batteries you can have 24/7/365 power at a LCOE that is about half that of fossil fuels or nuclear.
Maybe in the optimum location, but for most of the planet, no.
If you actually look at real world power demand curves you will see that power demand decreases, not increases, at night.
Yes, maybe there are some slashdotters playing video games at two in the morning, but this is not a huge power draw.
Sec. 6. Supporting American Coal as an Energy Source. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall identify any guidance, regulations, programs, and policies within their respective executive department or agency that seek to transition the Nation away from coal production and electricity generation.
That order to seek alternatives to coal is an important one.
No. The order is not to seek alternatives to coal. The order is to identify existing regulations and policies to seek alternatives to coal.
That one sentence could effectively negate the impact of the rest of executive order.
You're reading this exactly opposite to what it does. The reason agencies are being asked to identify policies to seek alternatives to coal is so that the executive can rescind them.
Where on the planet is not near groundwater?
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.
